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1867 - Royal Visit(The visit of Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria I, was marred by Henry O'Farrell, a recently released Catholic Irish lunatic.)Eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, Colony thought it was in heaven. Princely Alfred, duke exquisite, Queen's own son, sailed in for visit. March the twelfth saw triple ardour, Sydney rushed to Middle Harbour. People gathered round the flagstaff In the parkland over Clontarf. When Prince Alfred reached the picnic, From the bushes burst a sick Mick. Out of madhouse, with great spryness He lunged towards His Royal Highness. Hear a shriek to shatter crystal, See O'Farrell fire his pistol. Mark the words by Alfred spoken: 'I've been shot! My back is broken!' H.R.H. collapses shoreward, None dare make a gesture forward. None but one with self-denial, Coach-builder by the name of Fred Vial. Pins O'Farrell to the grassy terrain As he's about to fire again. Saves the Prince from mortal danger, Deflects bullet into stranger. Cops O'Farrell drag to lock up. Henry Parkes is blamed for cock up. Alfred wounded to the breastbone, Shame and chagrin fall like brimstone. Everyone is shocked and smitten, 'Oh, what will they say in Britain?' Feeling against the Irish rises, Plunges Colony in crisis. WASP and Mick collision rages, Keeps religion on front pages. Government gets rather surly, Alfred gets to leave us early, Sydney's name gets world-wide blotted And O'Farrell gets garrotted.
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